Turn It or Leave It Alone? Mattress Advice Is a Mess
I currently own six mattresses. Not because I’m running a boutique inn out of my house in Indianapolis, but because that’s just what happens when you’ve got a master bed,…
Stacking an Electric Blanket on a Mattress Topper
I was on my knees at eleven at night, wrestling a two inch memory foam topper into a fitted sheet that was clearly sized for a mattress with less personality…
The Eight Year Mattress Rule: Where Did It Come From?
I logged it once, out of curiosity, the same way I log board feet before I quote a job. Eight hours a night, seven nights a week if I’m lucky,…
Light Switches in Bathrooms: Why All the Fuss?
I was brushing my teeth in the dark last Tuesday. Not because the power was out, not because I’m going through some sort of aesthetic phase involving candles, but because…
The Mattress Question I Stopped Overthinking (Mostly)
I was on my hands and knees vacuuming under my bed on a Sunday, the specific kind of chore that only happens because you’ve run out of other ways to…
Tossing a Mattress in a Dumpster: What I Found Out
Every job I’ve ever quoted has one line in it nobody reads until it’s a problem: the exceptions. Dumpster rentals are the same deal, except with mattresses everyone’s already decided…
New Sheets Straight Onto the Bed? I Have Thoughts
I count these things because apparently I’m the kind of person who counts things now. In the last three years I have opened and washed nine new sets of sheets…
Flipping a Mattress: Habit or Real Advice?
I own seven mattresses right now. Seven. I did the math the other day while flipping through old receipts for something completely unrelated to this, and I sat there in…
How I Know a Mattress Has Had Its Day
I was standing at the kitchen counter this morning, coffee half poured, doing that thing where you press both knuckles into your lower back like you’re eighty three, and my…
Picking a Mattress Type Without Losing My Mind
I was on my knees at eleven at night, wrestling a mattress topper back into position after it had slid a full foot to the left for the third time…